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9:07 AM EST on November 20, 2008

    • After Fare Hike and Service Cuts, MTA Capital Plan Crisis Looms (NYT)
    • Transit, Green Infrastructure Obama's 'First Order of Business' in January (Grist)
    • How Stimulus Spending Gets Divvied Up Among Transpo Projects (Gotham Gazette)
    • Lexington Ave Subways and Stations Filled to Bursting (City Room, News)
    • M8, Three Express Bus Routes Getting Axed; 22 Queens and Brooklyn Lines Face Cuts (News, Post)
    • Terrific Headlines Follow Yesterday's Release of Cyclist Behavior Study (Post, NY1)
    • China's Carmakers Want a Bailout Too (NYT)
    • LA City Council Considers Bike-Share, Cyclists' Bill of Rights (Streetsblog LA)
    • Get This: Dog Puts Idling Car in Drive, Crashes Into Coffee Shop (News)
    • Next Month on IFC: The Atlantic Yards Story (TRE)
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Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.

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